Sen. Don Harmon

Filed: 4/24/2023

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1111

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1111 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of
5Marriage Act is amended by changing Section 105 as follows:
 
6    (750 ILCS 5/105)  (from Ch. 40, par. 105)
7    Sec. 105. Application of Civil Practice Law.)
8    (a) The The provisions of the Civil Practice Law shall
9apply to all proceedings under this Act, except as otherwise
10provided in this Act.
11    (b) A proceeding for dissolution of marriage, legal
12separation or declaration of invalidity of marriage shall be
13entitled "In re the Marriage of ... and ...". A parental
14responsibility allocation or support proceeding shall be
15entitled "In re the (Parental Responsibility) (Support) of
16...".

 

 

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1    (c) The initial pleading in all proceedings under this Act
2shall be denominated a petition. A responsive pleading shall
3be denominated a response. If new matter by way of defense is
4pleaded in the response, a reply may be filed by the
5petitioner, but the failure to reply is not an admission of the
6legal sufficiency of the new matter. All other pleadings under
7this Act shall be denominated as provided in the Civil
8Practice Law.
9    (d) As used in this Section, "pleadings" includes any
10petition or motion filed in the dissolution of marriage case
11which, if independently filed, would constitute a separate
12cause of action, including, but not limited to, actions for
13declaratory judgment, injunctive relief, and orders of
14protection. Actions under this subsection are subject to
15motions filed pursuant to Sections 2-615 and 2-619 of the Code
16of Civil Procedure.
17(Source: P.A. 99-90, eff. 1-1-16.)".